West Palm getting a Taco Bell at Belvedere & Parker

Mexican food fans, rejoice! You’ll no longer have to travel to Okeechobee & Military to satisfy your cheesy gordita fix.

A new Taco Bell, located at the First Lutheran Thrift Store, at 824 Belvedere (just east of Parker) is coming to West Palm. It’s unclear when the joint will open, and a spokeswoman for the surrounding neighborhood, Prospect Heights, isn’t sure what to think quite yet.

“Some concerns of mine, having not spoken to any of the residents about it yet, is will it create traffic issues?” Suzy Diaz said. “It’s a pretty busy corner, and it’s a hot corner with traffic cameras. In addition to that, is it going to bring about late night traffic that is not necessarily desirable or safe for the neighborhood?”

There’s already a McDonalds at 624 Belvedere, but that shut downs at 11pm. Taco Bells generally stay open until 2 a.m., and some are open 24 hours. Taco Bell did not return phone calls seeking info on the new location.

Diaz also wondered how aesthetically pleasing a Taco Bell would be at that corner.

(Thanks to Post Staff Writer Allison Ross for the photo)

“The whole Belvedere corridor is somewhat blighted,” Diaz said. “But Tulipans (the bakery) is beautiful, and the bank is nice.”

Diaz said the red light camera at Belvedere & Parker could actually give her neighbors peace of mind — the cameras would not only catch late night red light runners racing their way to Taco Bell, but it could catch any other potential criminal acts.